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New York Times, Monday, May 18, 2009

Author:
Billie Truitt
Editor:
Will Shortz
26-Across : Spider or worm
TotalDebutLatest
45/20/20085/18/2009
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0211000
ScrabbleFresh
1.5919%
Billie Truitt

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QVXZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Ms. Truitt. Monday freshness: 58%
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© 2009, The New York Times5/18/9 ( No. 21,741 )
Across
1
"___ or charge?" : CASH
5
Winger or Messing : DEBRA
10
Suffix with song or slug : FEST
14
Rights org. : ACLU
15
Go inside : ENTER
16
Parisian girlfriend : AMIE
17
Graham cracker pie shell : CRUMBCRUST
19
Binges : JAGS
20
Poster paints : TEMPERAS
21
President who followed Harry : DWIGHT
23
AOL or MSN: Abbr. : ISP
24
18-wheeler : RIG
25
Exhausted : BEAT
26
Spider or worm : CREEPYCRAWLY
31
Delights in : ENJOYS
34
Molecule part : ATOM
35
Tint : HUE
36
Bog material : PEAT
37
Freezer cubes : ICE
38
Spreadsheet contents : DATA
39
Bond creator Fleming : IAN
40
Lois of the Daily Planet : LANE
42
Pan-fries : SAUTES
44
Lending crisis : CREDITCRUNCH
47
___ I.R.A. (savings plan for old age) : ROTH
48
Tippler : SOT
49
Engineering sch. in Troy, N.Y. : RPI
52
Fruit for a monkey : BANANA
55
Common burger topper : RAWONION
57
All in a twitter : AGOG
58
Cajun seafood dish : CRABCREOLE
60
Make over : REDO
61
Friend of Fran and Ollie : KUKLA
62
At the peak of : ATOP
63
Garden of ___ : EDEN
64
Exorbitant : STEEP
65
"Hey, you!" : PSST
Down
1
Prickly plants : CACTI
2
Real estate units : ACRES
3
Batter's dry spell : SLUMP
4
Camel feature : HUMP
5
Criticizes openly : DECRIES
6
Infuriate : ENRAGE
7
A/C measures : BTUS
8
Hi-___ monitor : RES
9
Style of the 1920s and '30s : ARTDECO
10
Tex-Mex treat : FAJITA
11
Online 'zine : EMAG
12
Sound of relief : SIGH
13
Try out : TEST
18
Fruit on a bush : BERRY
22
Toasty : WARM
25
Computer memory measure : BYTE
26
Foldaway bed : COT
27
Harness racer : PACER
28
One of the five W's : WHAT
29
Minstrel's instrument : LUTE
30
Votes opposite the nays : YEAS
31
The "Odyssey" or "Beowulf" : EPIC
32
Close by : NEAR
33
Tarzan's love : JANE
37
Ruler division : INCH
38
"Well, that's obvious!" : DUH
40
Cowardly resident of Oz : LION
41
Blitzes : ATTACKS
42
Year-round Alp topper : SNOWCAP
43
Cast member : ACTOR
45
Fire-breathing beast : DRAGON
46
Functional : USABLE
49
Mob scenes : RIOTS
50
Collared pullovers : POLOS
51
Bumbling : INEPT
52
Like Mother Hubbard's cupboard : BARE
53
Ripened : AGED
54
Bump on a branch : NODE
55
Autumn tool : RAKE
56
Twice-a-month tide : NEAP
59
Dirt road feature : RUT

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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